Starz is going Casual in South Asia. The global streamer’s Lionsgate Play is partnering with Lionsgate Television on its first Indian original series, a remake of LGTV’s comedy that ran 2015-18 on Hulu. The news comes after launched its direct-to-consumer OTT app Lionsgate Play in the country last year. Casual will kick off the service’s first
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EXCLUSIVE: Former Endeavor Content partner Christine D’Souza Gelb has teamed with Killer Films production exec David Hinojosa and manager Kevin Rowe to launch 2AM, a new production and management venture that gets off the ground with backing from A24. The company launches with designs on managing filmmaker clients, and producing projects primarily in the film
San Diego native Katrina Johnson was only 12 years old when she shot to stardom after she was cast as one of the super funny OG cast members — which included epic impressions of Ross Perot and Roseanne Barr — on the first few seasons of the children’s sketch comedy show “All That” filmed at
EXCLUSIVE: Hannah Montana co-creator Michael Poryes has partnered with French kids producer Superprod Group to create an Italy-set tween comedy series, titled Home Sweet Rome. The show, which follows the adventures of American girl Lucy Cole who moves to Rome with her father, will be shot on location in the city by Superprod’s newly-acquired Italian
Finally, some Paul content! Paul Strickland rivals Grace and Mateo for being 100% pure sunshine. It’s always a treat when we spend more time with him, and 9-1-1: Lone Star Season 2 Episode 6 introduced us to his family as well. The strongest part of the hour was those compelling scenes with the Strickland family. First
Matt James, the first Black romantic lead for ABC’s The Bachelor, spoke out against the controversies surrounding host Chris Harrison and contestant Rachael Kirkconnell. On Monday, James posted a statement on Instagram in which he condemns both Harrison’s and Kirkconnell’s actions. “The reality is that I’m learning about these situations in real time, and it
It’s not a great sign when watching a new show just makes you think about other, better shows. That’s the case with Netflix’s Ginny & Georgia — premiering Wednesday, Feb. 24 on the streamer; I’ve seen five of the ten episodes — a mildly cute, kind of boring new dramedy that wears its pop-culture inspirations proudly
EXCLUSIVE: Disability rights group the Ruderman Family Foundation has honored the final season of the Will & Grace revival as well as Fear the Walking Dead, Sex Education, Emmerdale and Call the Midwife with the latest round of recipients for the Seal of Authentic Representation. “After witnessing significant progress on authentic casting decisions in Hollywood in recent years, we are
The folks at “Saturday Night Live” clearly had a hard time figuring out what to lead with, so they decided to lead with everybody!!! The opening skit was pretty hilarious … talk show host “Britney Spears” interviews “Ted Cruz,” “Gov. Andrew Cuomo” and “Gina Carano” … all of whom were brought on the show to
It’s another unpleasant week of news and probably one of the most devastating news was the winter strom that hit the country — specifically Texas. During the first part of Last Week Tonight, John Oliver unpacked the “full-blown humanitarian crisis” happening in Texas as the state was facing no electricity, lack of clean water and
What was that? Somebody attempted to out Callen as a Russian double agent on NCIS: Los Angeles Season 12 Episode 11. It was simple to understand why the humorless DOJ Special Agent Carlson might suspect Callen of divided loyalties, especially when she laid out all his connections to Russia. Plus, Callen’s name is Russian (actually half
On Sunday night’s episode of The Simpsons titled “Dairy Queen”, the audience gets treated to a visit from a familiar face — and voice that became iconic in the long-running Fox animated series. In the episode, Bart stumbles upon the diary of Edna Krabappel, who was voiced by the late, great Marcia Wallace, who won an Emmy
Saturday Night Live‘s Feb. 20 telecast, featuring Bridgerton star Regé-Jean Page in his hosting debut and musical guest Bad Bunny, drew a 4.2 rating household Live+Same Day rating in the 44 metered local markets and a 2.0 adults 18-49 rating in the 25 markets with local people meters. That was up a tenth in households
Jim Henson‘s sense of humor is getting a shout-out on the heels of his beloved series hitting Disney+ — but as we look back, it’s clear his puppets weren’t always made just for kids. The ‘Muppets’ creator used to work on TV commercials for Wilkins Coffee back in the day (from the late ’50s through
With Bridgerton star Regé-Jean Page as host, evoking the hugely popular Netflix series on Saturday Night Live was inevitable. After Page channeled his Simon Basset character in the opening monologue while trying to convince viewers that “he’s just a normal guy” and nothing like the Duke, the British-Zimbabwean actor reprised the Bridgerton character in a
Now that the excitement of your week is over and some of your favorite shows are already on hiatus, we have a recommendation for you. Tell Me Your Secrets dropped on Amazon Prime yesterday, and if you’re already missing the downright bonkers storyline from ABC’s Big Sky, this is the show for you. Created and
Nick Jonas is to make his Saturday Night Live hosting debut next week and will also perform as the musical guest. The Voice coach will perform double duty on the NBC on Saturday February 27. Although he has never hosted before, Jonas has performed, including as a solo artist in 2016 and alongside his brothers,
Play video content Exclusive TMZ.com “New Amsterdam” star Jocko Sims is shaking his damn head at the 2 young women in Florida who posed as grandmas to get the COVID vaccine … but he concedes it just shows how desperate people are right now. The TV doc — he plays Dr. Floyd Reynolds on the
The Kardashian clan called it quits with E! last year, and today the Kardashian-West clan is officially coming to an end too. After seven years of marriage and a very messy last few months, Kim Kardashian filed for divorce from Kanye West today. “This will be a fairly straightforward and hopefully quick process,” a well-positioned
The musical (or “rusical,” as Drag Race puts it) is a fundamental challenge. Dancing, singing, acting, the queens have to prove they’re a triple threat on the main stage. And with a social media-themed rusical on RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 13 Episode 8, the queens felt the pressure more than ever to shine and define
On Friday evening — the witching hour for bad news — California Secretary of State Shirley Weber reported that 1,094,457 signatures had been received in the effort to recall Governor Gavin Newsom. Of those signatures 668,202 had been verified by local election officials, a process which must take place before they can be counted. About
Holly Madison’s bestselling memoir, Down the Rabbit Hole: Curious Adventures and Cautionary Tales of a Former Playboy Bunny, is in the works for the small screen. Sony Pictures Television has optioned the tell-all book for development as a limited series with Samara Weaving (Hollywood) set to star as Madison. Australian writer Marieke Hardy (Laid) is
Exclusive It looks like “Selling Sunset” star Christine Quinn will have a new storyline when the hit show returns to Netflix for season 4 … ’cause TMZ’s learned she’s pregnant. Sources close to the couple tell TMZ … Christine and her tech millionaire hubby, Christian Richard, are expecting their first child together. Our sources say
Disney+ has suffered a huge spike in reported outages across the U.S., Canada, and the UK as subscribers fired up the streamer to watch the seventh episode of Marvel’s WandaVision. The episode dropped early on Friday morning, but users reported issues with their Disney+ account on Twitter. Many said the streamer was crashing. *shakes fist
Clarice was the right person in the right place at the right time, although it took some time for others to realize that. Despite that, it was a bumpy ride when the fledgling profiler made her return to Appalachia on Clarice Season 1 Episode 2. While speaking her truth on Clarice Season 1 Episode 1 was
SECOND UPDATE, 5 p.m. PT: Ted Cruz told reporters on Thursday that his decision to fly to Cancun with his family amid widespread power outages in Texas was “obviously a mistake.” “In hindsight, I wouldn’t have done it,” Cruz said. “I was trying to be a dad. And all of us have made decisions, when
NBC topped Wednesday’s primetime again with its Chicago suite. Chicago Med led the way, delivering a 0.9 in the adults 18-49 demographic and 7.38 million viewers, the night’s largest audience in Nielsen Live+Same Day fast affiliate numbers. Chicago Fire (0.9, 7.08M) dipped a tenth from last week, while Chicago P.D. (0.8, 5.72M) was close behind holding steady.
Play video content Exclusive TMZSports.com Kamaru Usman established himself as one of the greatest fighters ever … and now the UFC superstar is looking to expand — to the ballroom!! Usman didn’t just TKO Gilbert Burns over the weekend … he made history. The Nigerian Nightmare broke GSP‘s record for consecutive welterweight wins in the
The Danish Girl and Bullhead actor Matthias Schoenaerts has been cast in the title role of an ambitious Sky and Canal+ reimagining of classic Italian spaghetti western, Django. The high-concept English-language series is loosely based on Sergio Corbucci’s 1966 feature, and is being made by Cattleya, the ITV Studios-backed company behind Gomorrah. France’s Atlantique Productions
Good Trouble is back, and things are no less complicated at The Coterie. For the most part, Good Trouble Season 3 Episode 1 picked up where Good Trouble Season 2 Episode 18 left off and wrapped up some of the loose threads or spun them into potentially new storylines for the season. The hour was